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Itinerary of Vice President Richard Nixon -
Sept. 25 - Oct. 1, 1960. 36 pages.
Wednesday, May 23, 2007
Page 1 of 1
Third Campaign Week
STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL
ITINER.
VICE PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON
September 25 through October 1, 1960
Sunday, September 25
Convair Aircraft
8:00 PM EDT
Depart Washington National Airport enroute
(600 mi. - 3:20)
to Chicago, Illinois
10:20 PM CDT
Arrive Chicago Midway Airport
AM: Ned Sullivan
Population of Chicago is 4, 000, 000
U. S. Senator for Illinois is Everett M. Dirksen
Candidate for Senate is Samuel W. Witwer
Governor of Illinois is William G. Stratton
Congressmen for Chicago are:
Edward J. Derwinski, (4th District)
Harold R. Collier, (10th District)
Marguerite Stitt Church, (13th District)
Elmer J. Hoffman, (14th District)
Candidates for Congress are:
Genoa S. Washington, (1st District)
Bernard E. Epton, (2nd District)
Emmet F. Byrne, (3rd District)
Edward J. Tomek, (5th District)
Frank Estes, (6th District)
Lawrence J. Blasi, (7th Distric.,
Henry Kliner, Jr., (8th District)
Chester Emanuelson, (9th District)
Timothy P. Sheehan, (11th District - former Congressman)
Theodore P. Fields, (12th District)
Timothy Sheehan is in charge of arrangements
Reception Committee:
Governor William G. Stratton
Samuel W. Witwer, Candidate for U. S. Senate
Senator Everett Dirksen
Congressman Edward J. Derwinski, (4th District)
James S. Kemper, National Committeeman
Sunday, September 25 (continued)
Reception Committee (continued)
Mrs. C. Wayland Brooks, National Committeewoman
Frank Connell, Chairman, Cook County
William Fettridge, Chairman, Nixon-Lodge Volunteers
Mrs. Ann Miller, Co-Chairman Cook County
George F. Carpentier, Secretary of State
and other party leaders
10:40 PM
Depart airport enroute to hotel
11:20 PM
ARRIVE PICK-CONGRESS HOTEL AND REMAIN OVERNIGHT
Press Room located on First Floor
none ,
Monday, September 26
10:30 AM
Depart hotel enroute to Hotel Morrison
(8 blks. - :25)
10:55 AM
ARRIVE GRAND BALLROOM (TERRACE
CASINO) HOTEL MORRISON
Escort Committee:
Jack Stevenson, 1st Vice President
Dick Livingston, Secretary-Treasurer
Leon Green, Member of Executive Committee
Raleigh Rajoppi, Member of Executive Committee
Program:
Vice President and Mrs. Nixon introduced by
Maurice Hutcheson, President of Union
11:00 to
11:30 AM
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT TO THE UNITED
BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF
AMERICA
Newsreel coverage for television
Greets platform guests following address
11:45 AM
Depart Hotel Morrison enroute to Pick-Congress Hotel
12:00 Noon
ARRIVE PICK- CONGRESS HOTEL
IN HOTEL - STAFF WORK IN EXCESS OF 7 HOURS
7:15 PM
Depart hotel for TV Studio
7:25 PM
Arrive rear entrance to WBBM-TV, CBS-TV Studio,
630 North McClurg Street
7:30 PM
Photography Session
7:45 PM
Telecast preparation, etc.
8:30 to
NATIONAL TELEVISION DEBATE
9:30 PM
To be carried as a public service by CBS, NBC
and ABC networks comprising approximately 500
television stations and 2,000 radio stations.
(Program Advance - Bruce Allen)
9:45 PM
Depart TV studio enroute to hotel
10:00 PM
ARRIVE PICK-CONGRESS HOTEL AND REMAIN OVERNIGHT
Tuesday, September 27 (continued)
7:30 AM
Baggage outside of doors
8:30 AM
Depart hotel enroute to airport
9:00 AM
Arrive Midway Airport
9:10 AM CDT
Depart Chicago enroute to Memphis, Tennessee
(481 mi. - 2:40)
Breakfast on plane
10:50 AM CST
Arrive Memphis, Tennessee, (Shelby County)
AM: John Whitaker
Municipal Airport
page 4
Tuesday, September 27 (continued)
9:10 AM CDT
Depart Chicago enroute to Memphis,
Tennessee
(481 mi. - 2:40)
Breakfast on plane
10:50 AM CST
Arrive Memphis, Tennessee,
(Shelby County) Municipal Airport
AM: John Whitaker
Population of Memphis is 505,000
Milsaps Fitzhugh is in charge of arrangements
Flowers for Mrs. Nixon presented by
Mrs. Troy Gatlin
Reception Committee:
Memphis Mayor Henry Loeb (Democrat)
Congressman Carroll B. Reece
Milsaps Fitzhugh, Shelby County Chairman and
Chairman for the Day
Martin Condon III, State Coordinator,
Nixon-Lodge Volunteers
Lieutenant George W. Lee, Negro Beale Street Leader
Joseph R. Hyde, Jr., Finance Chairman, Shelby
County
Todd Meacham, Campaign Manager for Tennessee
The Reverend Ben Hooks, Shelby County Co-Chairman
Mrs. W. K. Moody, Shelby County Co-Chairman
Mrs. Troy Gatlin, Shelby County Chairman,
Nixon-Lodge Volunteers
Other Groups at airport: (Arkansas Group)
Henry Britt, Candidate for Governor
Wallace Townsend, National Committeeman
Winthrop Rockefeller
Allen C. Thompson is Motorcade Chairman
11:10 AM
Depart airport enroute to Riverfront via Beale Street
(Negro District)
(10 mi. - :45)
Possible stop-by: Beale Street (Statue of W.C. Handy)
(About 5 min.)
11:55 AM
ARRIVE RIVER FRONT
Page 5
Tuesday, September 27 (continued)
Platform Committee:
The Reverend A.E. Campbell, Negro Baptist Leader
The Reverend S. A. Owen, Negro Baptist Leader
Dr. Jeff Cunningham, Methodist Leader
Mrs. Irene Baker, National Committeewoman
Mrs. Leslie Fortune, Co-Chairman, Nixon-Lodge
Volunteers, Shelby County
and Members of Airport Reception Committee
Band: Bluff City Concert Band (Louis Werne, Director)
Program:
Master of Ceremonies is Milsaps Fitzhugh
Invocation by Rabbi Izadore Goodman
Congressman Carroll Reece introduces Mrs. Nixon
and the Vice President
12:00 PM to
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
12:30 PM
Rally to be telecast as a public service by WMCT,
Memphis, Tennessee. Other stations carrying are
WDXI, Jackson, Tennessee; WTWV, Tupelo, Mississippi;
plus approximately 7 radio stations.
(Program Advance: Al Wallace)
Greets platform guests
12:50 PM
Depart Riverfront by auto for West Memphis, Arkansas
(14 mi. - :40)
Lunch in car
1:30
ARRIVE WEST MEMPHIS, ARKANSAS, HOSPITAL
BASEBALL FIELD
Population of West Memphis is 20,000
Platform Committee:
West Memphis Mayor H. B. Price (Democrat)
Mrs. A. C. Remmel, National Committeewoman
B. J. Dickey, Jr., Crittenden County
Committeeman
Jack W. Rich, West Memphis Civic Leader
Fratt Remmel, son of National Committeewcman
and former Republican Mayor of Little Rock
Fred Venner, Campaign Manager, Nixon-Lodge
in Arkansas
Bob Runner, President, Arkansas Young
Republicans
Band: West Memphis High School
(Phil Vance, Director)
Page 6
Tuesday, September 27 (continued)
Program:
Master of Ceremonies is Ralph Sloan,
Crittenden County Chairman
Invocation by the Reverend Fred W. Kneippe,
Episcopalian
National Anthem by West Memphis High School Band
Winthrop Rockefeller introduces Mrs. Nixon and the
Vice President
1:40 to
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
2:10 PM
Newsreel coverage for Little Rock.
2:20 PM
Depart West Memphis, Arkansas, enroute to
airport
(18 mi. - :45)
3:05 PM
Arrive airport Memphis, Tennessee
3:20 PM CST
Depart Memphis enroute to Charleston,
West Virginia
(520 mi. - 2:40)
Dinner on the plane
7:00 PM EST
Arrive Charleston, West Virginia
AM: Stan Lothridge
Page 7
Tuesday, September 27 (continued)
Platform Committee:
Charles J. Whiston, Candidate for Congress (2nd District)
James K. Knowles, Jr., Candidate for Congress (3rd
District)
Clyde B. Pinson, Candidate for Congreess (4th District)
L. M. LaFollette, Candidate for Congress (5th District)
George W. King, Candidate for Congress (6th District)
Mrs. E. K. Stevens, Associate State Chairman
Donald K. Beane, President, West Virginia Young
Republican Clubs
D. Boone Dawson, General Committee Chairman
E. Franklin Pauley, Candidate for State Supreme Court
Dayton Stemple, Candidate for State Supreme Court
and Members of the Airport Reception Committee
Program:
Master of Ceremonies is Dan Louchery
Invocation by Bishop W. C. Campbell (Episcopal)
Vice President introduced by Governor Underwood
8:00 to
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
8:30 PM
Statewide public service television originated by WSA Z- TV
Other stations carrying WHTN-TV, Huntington; WOAY-TV,
Oak Hill; WHIS-TV, Bluefield; WBOY-TV, Clarksburg;
WTAP-TV, Parkersburg, West Virginia - Marietta, Ohio;
WTRF-TV, Wheeling. (Program Advance: Al Wallace)
Greets platform guests following address
8:40 PM
Depart Civic Center enroute to airport
9:00 PM
Arrive Airport
9:10 PM EST
Depart Charleston enroute to New York City (480 mi. - 2:45)
12:55 AM EDT
Arrive New York City La Guardia Airport
AM: Tom Pownall
(Wednesday)
Bob Krill
Page 8
Tuesday, September 27 (Continued)
3:20 PM CST
Depart Memphis enroute to Charleston,
(520 mi. - 2:40)
West Virginia
Dinner on plane
STAFF WORK ABOARD PLANE
7:00 PM EST
Arrive Charleston, West Virginia,
AM: Stan Lothridge
Kanawha County Airport
Population of Charleston is 100, 000
Candidate for U.S. Senate is incumbent Governor
Cecil Underwood
Candidate for Congress is George W. King
Governor is Cecil Underwood
Candidate for Governor is Harold E. Neely
D. Boone Dawson is in charge of arrangements
Flowers for Mrs. Nixon presented by Mrs. Cecil
Underwood
Bands at Airport: Charleston High School Band
Reception Committee:
Governor and Mrs. Cecil Underwood
Mr. and Mrs. Harold E. Neely, Candidate for Governor
Walter S. Hallanan, National Committeeman
Mrs. Perle T. Harman, National Committeewoman
Congressman Arch A. Moore, Jr., (1st District)
Daniel L. Louchery, Chairman, Republican State
Executive Committee
W. Chapman Revercomb, former U.S. Senator
John D. Hoblitzell, Jr., former U.S. Senator
Mayor and Mrs. John A. Shanklin
Mrs. Regis Heinzer, President, State Women's
Federation and 3 other party workers
Motorcade Chairman is Harry L. Paxton
7:20 PM
Depart Airport enroute to Civic Center
(6 mi. - :20)
(auditorium)
7:40 PM
ARRIVE CIVIC CENTER (AUDITORIUM)
Virginia and Reynolds Streets
Page 9
Wednesday, September 28
9:10 PM EST
Depart Charleston enroute to New York
(Tuesday)
City
(480 mi. -2:45)
12:55 AM EDT
Arrive LaGuardia Airport, New York
AM: Tom.
Pownall
Deadhead aircraft to Grumman Field,
Bob Krill
Bethpage, Long Island for next use
on September 29
Population of New York City is 8, 000, 000
U.S. Senators are Jacob Javits and Kenneth
Keating
Governor of New York is Nelson Rockefeller
Congressmen for New York and Long Island
are:
Stuyvesant Wainright (lst District)
Steven B. Derounian (2nd District)
Frank J. Becker (3rd District)
Seymour Halpern (4th District)
Albert H. Bosch (5th District)
not a candidate for re-election
Francis E. Dorn (12th District)
John H. Ray (15th District)
John V. Lindsay (17th District)
Paul A. Fino (25th District)
Candidates for Congress are:
Vincent L. Pitaro (6th District - Flushing
Edward V. Lisoski (7th District - Maspeth)
Leon F. Nadrowski (8th District - Brooklyn)
Herman Sanders (9th District - Brooklyn)
Jerome P. Schneider (10th District - Brooklyn)
Seymour Basonder (11th District - Brooklyn)
Joseph A. DeMarco (13th District - Brooklyn)
Carlos G. Colavito (14th District - Brooklyn)
Joseph A. Bailey (16th District - New York)
Charles Muzzicato (18th District - New York)
Thomas P. O'Callaghan (19th District - New York)
Morris Aarons (20th District - New York)
Thomas H. Bartzos (21st District - New York)
Dominick A. Fusco (22nd District - Bronx)
Benjamin Thornley (23rd District - Bronx)
Michael Cappelli (24th District - Bronx)
Lyle Hornbeck is in charge of arrangements
Page 10
Wednesday, September 28 (continued)
Flowers for Mrs. Nixon presented by Wilma
Silvertsen, Co-Chairman, State Committee
Motorcade Chairman is Tony Durso
Reception Committee:
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller
Lt. Governor Malcolm Wilson
Attorney General Louis J. Lefkowitz
Senator Jacob K. Javits
Senator Kenneth Keating
L. Judson Morehouse, State Chairman
Miss Wilma C. Silvertsen, State Vice Chairman
Lyle W. Hornbeck, Campaign Manager, New York
State
Frank Kenna, Chairman, Queens County
John R. Crews, Chairman, Kings County
and 7 local party officials
1:10 AM
Depart Marine Air Terminal by auto enroute
to Commodore Hotel
1:40 AM
ARRIVE COMMODORE HOTEL AND REMAIN OVERNIGHT
42nd Street will be blocked off. Public Address
System available
Press Room located in West Ballroom
MRS. NIXON'S SCHEDULE
9:00 AM
Mrs. Nixon meets with the ladies of the press, West
Ballroom. Escorted by Mrs. Preston Davie
Introduction of Mrs. Nixon by Mrs. Davie
Seated at Mrs. Nixon's table:
Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller
Mrs. Malcolm Wilson
Mrs. Jacob Javits
Mrs. L. J. Lefkowitz
Honorable Caroline K. Simon, Secretary of State
Wilma Silvertsen
Mrs. Alfred J. Bohlinger
Lucia Albanese
Mrs. Preston Davie
Page 11
Wednesday, September 28 (continued)
9:10 to
QUESTION-AND-ANSWER PROGRAM
9:30 AM
Panel:
Moderator - Doris Corwith, WNBC
Peggy Wood
and 3 others
Questions from panel of women and from floor
9:45 AM
Depart breakfast
10:30 AM
Depart hotel via motorcade for Long Island City
Court House
THE VICE PRESIDENT 'S SCHEDULE
8:55 AM
Magazine Publishers Association - Windsor Ballroom
Reception Committee:
Kent Rhodes, Readers Digest, Chairman of MPA, Inc.
Richard Deens, Hearst Publications
Ed A. Weeks, Atlantic Monthly (Moderator of Panel)
Robert E. Kenyon, Jr., President of MPA, Inc.
Program:
Master of Ceremonies, Kent Rhodes
Mr. Weeks introduced
9:00 to
QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION
9:30 AM
Program taped by WNBC-TV for 11:15 to 11:45 PM
(Program Advance: Bruce Allen)
Panel Members:
Ed Weeks, Moderator
Gardiner Cowles, Look Magazine
Henry Luce, Time-Life
Elliot Bell, Business Week
John Johnson, Ebony
Beatrice Blackmar Gould, Ladies Home Journal
9:50 AM
Private informal meeting with the New York Board of
Rabbis in South Room, Main Floor (adjacent to Windsor
Ballroom. Rabbi David I. Golevensky, President, New
York Board of Rabbis
Page 12
Wednesday, September 28 (continue d)
Escort Committee:
Governor Nelson Rockefeller
Louis J. Lefkowitz
Rabbi Golevensky, President
Rabbi Gordon, Vice President
10:20 AM
Depart meeting
10:30 AM
Depart Commodore Hotel by motorcade enroute to
Queens County Court House, Long Island City (3 mi. -:30)
Motorcade Chairman is Tony Durso
11:00 AM
ARRIVE QUEENS COUNTY COURT HOUSE
Population of Queens County is 1, 900, 000
Candidate for Congress serving area is Edward V.
Lisoski (7th District)
REMARKS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
11:20 AM
Depart Long Island City Court House enroute to
Rego Park (Queens Boulevard at 63rd)
(5 mi. - :20)
11:40 AM
ARRIVE REGO PARK
Candidate for Congress from Rego Park area is
Vincent L. Pitaro (6th District)
REMARKS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
12:10 PM
Depart Rego Park enroute to Forest Hills
(2 mi.- - :10)
Actual-:03)
12:20 PM
ARRIVE FOREST HILLS INN
Congressman serving Forest Hills area is
Seymour Halpern (4th District)
John Durante is in charge of arrangements
Stop-by: Meeting of Queens County Republican Women
Reception Committee:
Mrs. Hazel Sands, Vice Chairman, Queens County
Mrs. Carolyn Smith, Secretary to Frank Kenna
Mrs. Edna Green
Mrs. Rose George
Mrs. Mildred Klarman
Page 13
Wednesday, September 28 (continued)
Program:
Mrs. Hazel Sands is Mistress of Ceremonies
Frank Kenna introduces guests and the Vice President
BRIEF REMARKS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
12:50 PM
Depart Forest Hills Inn enroute to May's Department
Store, Jamaica
(4 mi. -:30)
Actual-:17)
Possible stops-by: Queens County Supreme Court
House and Jamaica Avenue
Shopping District
Box lunch in car
1:20 PM
ARRIVE MAY'S DEPARTMENT STORE AREA
Congressman serving Jamaica area is Seymour
Halpern (4th District)
Fifth Congressional District is near-by. Incumbent
Congressman is Albert Bosch, candidate for Judge.
Candidate for Congress is George Archinal
John Durante and Chester Schwimmer are in charge of
arrangements
Program:
Congressman Halpern introduces Governor Rockefeller
Governor Rockefeller introduces the Vice President
2:00 PM
Depart May's Department Store area enroute to Nassau
County Court House
(9 mi. -:45 )
Actual- :25
Possible slow-downs: 4 towns in route:
Bellrose
Floral Park
New Hyde Park
Mineola
2:45 PM
ARRIVE NASSAU COUNTY COURT HOUSE, MINEOLA
Population of Nassau County is 1, 250, 000
Congressman serving Nassau County is Steven B.
Derounian (2nd District)
Holly Patterson is in charge of arrangements
Page 14
Wednesday, September 28 (continued)
Platform Committee:
Congressman Steven B. Derounian (2nd District)
Congressman Frank J. Becker (3rd District)
Eugene McGovern, Chairman of Nassau County
Citizens for Nixon
Samuel Hauseman
Carl J. Widlitz, Candidate for New York State
Supreme Court
Thomas P. Farley, Candidate for New York
State Supreme Court
Mrs. Robert Lowe Bacon
William D. Meisser, Chairman, Republican County
of Nassau
Norman Penney, Republican Leader, Town of North
Hempstead
Thomas R. Pynchon, Republican Leader, Town of
Oyster Bay
and 4 other party leaders
Program:
Master of Ceremonies is Holly Patterson
Vice President introduced by Governor Rockefeller
2:50 to
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
3:20 PM
Greets platform guests following address
3:30 PM
Depart Nassau County Court House enroute to
Mid-Island Plaza Shopping Center
(9 mi. - :55)
Actual- :25
Possible stops-by: Roosevelt
Field Shopping Center
Broadway Shopping District
4:25 PM
ARRIVE MID-ISLAND PLAZA SHOPPING CENTER,
HICKSVILLE, LONG ISLAND
Population of Hicksville is 45, 000
Congressman serving Hicksville is Stuyvesant
Wainright (1st District)
Program:
Master of Ceremonies is Holly Patterson
Vice President introduced by Senator Javits
4:30 to
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
5:00 PM
Greets platform guests following address
Page 15
Wednesday, September 28 (continued)
5:15 PM
Depart Mid-Island Shopping Center enroute to
Island Inn Motel, Old Country Road in Westbury
(5 mi. - :30)
Possible stop-by:
Actual- :17
Levittown Shopping District (deviation
of route necessary)
5:45 PM
ARRIVE ISLAND INN MOTEL
2 HOURS STAFF WORK
8:00 PM
Depart Island Inn Motel by auto enroute to Long
Island Arena, Commack, Long Island
(22 mi. - :50)
Actual- :30)
8:50 PM
ARRIVE LONG ISLAND ARENA
Population of Suffolk County is 625, 000
Congressman serving Suffolk County is
Stuyvesant Wainright (1st District)
Arthur Cromarty is in charge of arrangements
Reception Committee:
W. Kingsland Macy, former County Chairman
Terry B. Duryea, Sr., State Consveration
Commissioner
Mrs. Edwin Schwank, Chairman, Greeting Committee
Mrs. Marian T. Anzel, Member, State Committee
and President of Women's Republican Club
Mrs. John Herrick, Chairman, Independents for
Nixon
Platform Committeet"
Congressman Stuyvesant Wainright
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cromarty
Terry B. Duryea, Jr., Candidate for 1st Assembly
District
Prescott D. Huntington, 2nd Assembly District
James Grover, Jr., 3rd Assembly District
Elisha T. Barrett, State Senator
Percy B. Ingerman, Candidate for County Supreme
Court
L. Barron Hill, Supreme Court Justice
John P. Cohallan, Jr., District Attorney
Charles S. Dominy, Sheriff
and 10 other party officials
North Patchogue Fire Department Band
Page 16
Wednesday, September 28 (continued)
Program:
Master of Ceremonies is Arthur Cromarty
Invocation by Rev. Sydney Peters, St. Peters
Episcopal Church, Bay Shore
Vice President introduced by Congressman
Stuyvesant Wainright
9:00 to
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
9:30 PM
Greets platform guests following address
9:45 PM
Depart Long Island Arena enroute to Island Inn
Motel
(22 mi. - :30)
10:15 PM
ARRIVE ISLAND INN MOTEL AND REMAIN OVERNIGHT
Thursday, September 29
8:15 AM
Baggage in lobby
9:00 AM
Depart Island Inn Motel for Grumman Aircraft
Field
(7 mi. - :15)
Motorcade Chairman is Tony Durso
9:15 AM
Arrive Grumman Aircraft Field, Bethpage,
Long Island
Joseph Knipfing is in charge of arrangements
Program:
Holly Patterson is Master of Ceremonies
Welcome to Grumman Aircraft by Leroy Grumman,
Chairman of the Board
Vice President introduced by Senator Keating
9:20 to
REMARKS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
9:35 AM
9:45 AM EDT
Depart Bethpage, Long Island enroute to
Burlington, Vermont
(310 mi. - 1:45)
11:30 AM EDT
Arrive Burlington Municipal Airport
AM: Ned
Sullivan
Page 17
Thursday, September 29
9:45 AM EDT
Depart Bethpage, New York, enroute to
Burlington, Vermont
(310 mi. -1:45)
11:30 AM EDT
Arrive Burlington, Vermont, Municipal Airport
AM: Ned Sullivan
Population of Burlington is 36, 000
U.S. Senators are George David Aiken and
Winston Lewis Prouty
Candidate for Congress (at large) is incumbent
Governor, Robert T. Stafford.
Governor is Robert T. Stafford
Candidate for Governor is F. Ray Keyser, Jr.
C. Douglas Cairns is in charge of arrangements
Reception Committee:
C. Douglas Cairns, Chairman, Chittenden County
Mrs. Consuelo Bailey, National Committeewoman
Frank H. Davis, Burlington City Committee Chairman
Governor Robert Stafford
F. Ray Keyser, Jr., Candidate for Governor
Ralph Foote, Town Representative, Candidate for
Lieutenant Governor
Walter M. Smith, State Committee Chairman
Lt. Gov. Robert S. Babcock
Edward G. Janeways, National Committeeman
Motorcade Chairman is Robert Stanley
11:50 AM
Depart airport enroute to head of parade in front
of post office at corner of Church and Main
(4 mi. - :10)
12:00 Noon
Arrive head of parade
(1/2 mi. - :15)
12:15 PM
ARRIVE BURLINGTON MEMORIAL AUDITORIUM
Press Room located one floor below stage of
auditorium
Page 18
Thursday, September 29 (continued)
Platform Committee:
Mrs. Grace Hill, Secretary, State Committee
Socrates Zolotas, State Executive Committee
Albert D. Lawton, Essex Junction Committee Chairman
Mrs. Lucia T. Ladd, President, Vermont Women's
Republican Club
David Maxham, President, Vermont Young
Republican Club
Carroll P. Adams, Executive Secretary, State
Committee
and members of Reception Committee
Program:
C. Douglas Cairns introduces Governor Stafford
Governor Stafford introduces the Vice President
12:25 to
12:55 PM
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
Newsreel coverage for television and radio
stations WCAX, WJOY, WDOT.
1:15 PM
Depart Auditorium enroute to airport (5 mi, - :10)
1:25 PM
Arrive airport
1:35 PM EDT
Depart Burlington enroute to Manchester,
New Hampshire
(145 mi. -1:10)
Lunch on plane
2:45 PM EDT
Arrive Manchester, Grenier Airport
AM: Jim Murphy
Page 19
Thursday, September 29 (continued)
1:35 PM EDT
Depart Burlington enroute to Manchester,
NewHampshire
(145 mi. - -1:10)
Lunch on plane
2:45 PM EDT
Arrive Manchester, Grenier Airport
AM: Jim Murphy
Population of Manchester is 85, 000
U.S. Senators are Norris Cotton and
Styles Bridges (candidate for re-election)
Congressmen are Chester E. Merrow
(1st District) and Perkins Bass (2nd District)
Governor is Wesley Powell
Stewart Lamprey is in charge of arrangements
Band at airport: Club Alpine (High School group)
Motorcade Chairman is Robert Allard
Reception Committee:
Robert Burroughs, Chairman, Airport Greeting
Committee
Senator Styles Bridges
Governor Wesley Powell
Judge William Treat, National Committeeman
Norma Currier, National Committeewoman
Mayor Joseph Benoit
Mr. Roscoe A. Ammon
Senator Norris Cotton
Congressman Chester Merrow
Congressman Perkins Bass
3:05 PM
Depart airport for Merrimack Common
(down town Manchester)
(5 mi. - :20)
Bad weather alternative: National Guard
Armory
3:25 PM
Arrive Merrimack Common
Page 20
Thursday, September 29 (continued)
Platform Committee:
Governor Wesley Powell
Senator Styles Bridges
Senator Norris Cotton
Congressman Chester E. Merrow (1st District)
Congressman Perkins Bass (2nd District)
T. Borden Walker, State Chairman
Judge William Treat, National Committeeman
Norma Gurrier, National Committeewoman
Norman Packard, President, State Senate
and former Governors and Republican
candidates for Governor's Council
Band: Union Local #349
Flowers for Mrs. Nixon presented by Mrs. Mary Senior
Brown, Vice Chairman, State Committee
Program:
Master of Ceremonies is John Pillsbury
Vice President introduced by Senator Bridges
3:30 to
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
4:00 PM
Newsreel coverage for television
Greet platform guests following address
4:15 PM
Depart Merrimack Common enroute to
airport
(4 mi. - :15)
4:30 PM
Arrive airport
4:40 PM EDT
Depart Manchester enroute to Boston,
Massachusetts
(50 mi. - :50)
5:20 PM EDT
Arrive Boston, Mass., Logan International
Airport
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4:40 PM EDT
Depart Manchester, New Hampshire enroute
to Boston, Massachusetts
(50 mi. -:50)
5:20 PM EDT
Arrive Boston, Logan International
Airport
AM: John
Warner
Population of Boston is 665, 000
U.S. Senator is Leverett Saltonstall
Candidate for Governöris-John A. Volpe
Congressman is Laurence Curtis (10th District)
Candidate for Congress is Charles J. Gabriel
(13th District)
Tom Pappas and Ralph Bonnell are in charge of
arrangements
Flowers for Mrs. Nixon presented by Mrs. Mary
Wheeler, National Committeewoman
Reception Committee:
Ralph Bonnell, Chairman
Senator Leverett Saltonstall
John Volpe, Candidate for Governor
Chris Herter, Jr., Nixon Volunteers
Thomas Pappas
Gus Mean, Candidate for Lt. Governor
Mary Wheeler
Dan McLean
Al Cole
Emory Ireland
Loyd Waring
Motorcade Chairman is Jack Brown
5:40 PM
Depart airport for Statler-Hilton Hotel
6:15 PM
ARRIVE HOTEL STATLER-HILTON
Press Room located in Room 419
1-1/2 HOURS STAFF WORK
7:50 PM
Depart hotel for Boston Armory
8:10 PM
Arrive Boston Armory
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Flag Ceremony
Dinner will have been in progress 1/2 hour
9:00 PM
Program:
Master of Ceremonies, Tom Pappas and Loyd Waring
Head Table introduced by Tom Pappas
Candidates introduced by Senior Congressman Present
Vice President introduced by Senator Saltonstall
9:25 to
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT TO BOSTON
9:55 PM
AUDIENCE
10:00 PM
CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION
Senator Thruston Morton is Master of Ceremonies
Governor Rockefeller appears from New York
(4 minutes)
Senator Barry Goldwater appears from Texas
(4 minutes)
Ambassador Lodge appears from Los Angeles
(6 minutes)
President Eisenhower appears from Chicago
(10 minutes)
Approx.
10:30 PM
VICE PRESIDENT NIXON appears from Boston
(10 minutes)
11:00 PM
Depart Boston Armory enroute to hotel
11:15 PM
ARRIVE HOTEL STATLER-HILTON AND REMAIN
OVERNIGHT
Friday, September 30
7:30 AM
Baggage in lobby
8:00 AM
Depart hotel for Cardinal Cushing's residence
8:15 AM
Arrive Cardinal Cushing's residence
8:35 AM
Depart Cardinal's residence
9:00 AM
Arrive airport
9:05 AM EDT
Depart Boston enroute to Bangor, Maine
(202 mi. - -1:25)
:
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Breakfast on plane
10:30 AM EDT
Arrive Bangor, Dow Field AFB
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9:00 AM EDT
Depart Boston enroute to Bangor, Maine
(204 mi. - 1:30)
10:30 AM EDT
Arrive Bangor, Dow Field AFB
AM: Ned Sullivan
Population of Bangor is 35,000
U.S. Senator is Margaret Chase Smith
Congressman for Bangor is Clifford G. McIntire
(3rd District)
Governor of Maine is John H. Reed
Judson Jude, County Chairman, is in charge of
arrangements
Flowers for Mrs. Nixon presented by Marie
McLaughlin, State Committeewoman
Reception Committee:
Governor John Reed
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Congressman Clifford G. McIntire (3rd District)
David Nichols, State Chairman
Ellen Thomas, State Vice Chairman
Brad Hutchins, National Committeeman
Helen Mitchell, National Committeewoman
Peter Garland, Candidate for Congress (1st District)
Stanley Tupper, Candidate for Congress (2nd District)
Judson Jude, County Chairman
Lloyd Elliot, President, University of Maine
Motorcade Chairman is Arthur W. Chandler
10:40 AM
Depart airport enroute to Bass Park
(4 mi. - :15)
Possible stop-by: Statue of Hannibal Hamlin - First
Republican Vice President of the U.S. (Lincoln
Administration)
10:55 AM
ARRIVE BASS PARK
Friday, September 30 (continued)
Platform Committee:
Governor John Reed
Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Congressman Clifford G. McIntire (3rd District)
David Nichols, State Chairman
Ellen Thomas, State Vice Chairman
Brad Hutchins, National Committeeman
Helen Mitchell, National Committeewoman
Peter Garland, Candidate for Congress (1st district)
Stanley Tupper, Candidate for Congress (2nd District)
Judson Jude, County Chairman
Lloyd Elliot, President, University of Maine
Program:
Master of Ceremonies is Congressman McIntire
Mr. McIntire introduces Senator Margaret Chase Smith
Senator Smith introduces Mrs. Nixon
Governor Reed introduces the Vice President
11:00 to
11:30 AM
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
Paid local television on five television stations
in Maine for live broadcast. WABI-TV is the
originating station. (Program Advance: Al Wallace)
Greets platform guests following address.
Presentation of a basket of products of Bangor
from six girls and a tomahawk from two little
Indian girls to the Vice President.
11:45 AM
Depart Bass Park enroute to airport
(4 mi. - :10)
11:55 AM
Arrive airport
12:05 PM EDT
Depart Bangor enroute to Binghamton,
New York
(405 mi. - 2:15)
Lunch on plane
2:20 PM EDT
Arrive Binghamton, Broome County
Airport
AM: Bill Black
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12:05 PM EDT
Depart Bangor, Maine, enroute to
Binghamton, New York
(405 mi. - 2:15)
2:20 PM EDT
Arrive Binghamton, Broome County
AM: Bill Black
Airport
Population of Binghamton is 80, 000
U.S. Senators are Jacob Javits and Kenneth Keating
Congressman for Binghamton is Howard Winfield
Robison (37th District)
Governor of New York is Nelson Rockefeller
Richard Kuhnen is in charge of arrangements
Flowers for Mrs. Nixon presented by
Mrs. Helen Shoulder, County Vice Chairman
Motorcade Chairman is Tom Brady
Reception Committee:
William Hc Hill, County Chairman
Helen Shoulder, County Vice-Chairman
George Hinman, National Committeeman
Howard Robison, Congressman of the 37th District
Richard Kuhnen, City Chairman
2:40 PM
Depart airport enroute to Broome County Court House
(12 mi. - :30)
3:10 PM
ARRIVE BROOME COUNTY COURTHOUSE
Waiting room via the side entrance to
Room 104 (Judge Anderson's chambers)
Bad weather alternative: Ballroom of Arlington Hotel
Platform Committee:
The Platform Committee is the same as the
airport greeting committee with the addition of
10 other county chairmen and candidates and
Lt. Gov. Maicolm Wilson.
Program:
Master of Ceremonies is Dick Kuhnen
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Friday, September 30 (continued)
Mr. William H. Hill will introduce
Lt. Governor Wilson
The Vice President will be introduced by
Malcolm Wilson, Lt. Governor
3:15 to
3:45 PM
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
Newsreel coverage for televison
Possibility of live telecast of the Vice President's
remarks at the raily.
Greets guests following address
3:55 PM
Depart Courthouse enroute to airport
4:15 PM
Arrive airport
4:30 PM EDT
Depart Binghampton enroute to Schanectady,
New York
(110 mi. - 1:10)
6:40 PM EDT
Arrive Schenectady County Airport
AM: Paul O'Brien
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4:30 PM EDT
Depart Binghamton, New York enroute to
Schenectady, New York
(110 mi. - 1:10)
5:40 PM EDT
Arrive Schenectady County Airport
AM: Paul O'Brien
Population of Schenectady is 90, 000
U. S. Senators are Kenneth Keating and
Jacob Javits
Candidate for Congress is W. Clyde Wright
(32nd District)
Governor of New York is Nelson Rockefeller
George Churchill is in charge of arrangements
Flowers will be presented to Mrs. Nixon by Miss Carol
Youmans, Miss New York State Fair of 1959
Bands at Airport: Linton High School
Motorcade Chairman is Harold Coleman
Reception Committee:
James E. Cushing - Chairman of the 4th Judicial Com-
mittee of New York State Committee
James B. Kalteux - Schenectady County Chairman
Mrs. Frances Ronan - Schenectady County Vice Chair-
woman
Clyde Wright - Congressional Candidate for the 32nd Dist.
Horace Van Vost - Candidate for the state Senate
Joseph Egan - Candidate for the State Assembly
Virgil Sager - Candidate for Coroner of Schenectady Courty
Vincent Cerrilto - Candidate for District Attorney
Mayor Malcolm Ellis
Harold F. Lewis - Chairman of the Board of Supervisors
for Schenectady County
Bad weather alternative: The rally will be held in a hangar
6:00 to
6:30 PM
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
6:40
Depart rally by auto enroute to WRGB, Schenectady, New York
(6 mi. - :25)
7:10
ARRIVE WRGB, Schenectady, New York
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Friday, September 30 (continued)
7:15 to
8:15 PM
Preparation and TV studio time
8:30
Depart WRGB enroute to Hendrick Hudson Hotel, Troy, N.Y.
(14 mi. - :30)
9:00
ARRIVE HENDRICK HUDSON HOTEL
Press Room located second floor opposite
Reception Room
9:30
ATTEND RECEPTION IN HOTEL
10:00 PM
Depart reception
HENDRICK HUDSON HOTEL OVERNIGHT
Saturday, Oct. 1
1.30 AM
Deadhead aircraft from Schenectady County Airport to
Albany Municipal Airport
8:15
Depart Hotel enroute to airport
(15 mi. - :30)
8:45
Arrive Albany Municipal Airport
9:00 AM EDT Depart Albany enroute to Akron, Ohio
(420 mi. - 2:40)
11:40 AM EDT Arrive Akron Municipal Airport
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9:00 AM EDT
Depart Albany, New York, enroute to
Akron, Ohio
(420 mi. - 2:40)
Lunch on plane
11:40 AM EDT
Arrive Akron Municipal Airport
AM: Tom Pownall
Bill Bumpus
Population of Akron is 300,000
Congressman for Akron is William H. Ayres (14th District)
Gene Waddell is in charge of arrangements
Flowers for Mrs. Nixon presented by Joan McMurrary
(little girl, crippled in accident couple of years ago.
She wrote to the Vice President and received a reply
from him. Lots of publicity locally.)
Bands at airport: Bantam Band - Teenage group.
Motorcade Chairman is Robert Krier
Reception Committee:
Ray Bliss, State Chairman
Congressman and Mrs. William Ayres
Ray Browne, Chairman, Executive Committee,
Summit County
Donald Malany, Chairman, Executive Committee,
Medina County
Redmond Greer, Chairman, Executive Committee,
Portage County
Kathryn Mansell, District Committeewoman
Mrs. Howard Hyde, State Chairman, Nixon Volunteers
Dorothy Wickersham, Chairman, Summit County
Republicans
David Albright )
Co-Chairmen, Summit County,
Mrs. Jack Parks)
Nixon Volunteers
12:00 Noon
Depart airport for Akron University Memorial Hall
Deadhead aircraft to Canton-Akron Airport
Bad weather alternative: Inside Akron University
Memorial Hall
12:10 PM
ARRIVE AKRON UNIVERSITY MEMORIAL HALL
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Platform Committee:
Congressman and Mrs. William Ayres
Ray Bliss, State Chairman
Ray Browne, Chairman, Executive Committee,
Summit County
Mr. Rhodes, Candidate for State Auditor
(Near the platform to meet the Vice President will be
five candidates for State House of Representatives and
two candidates for State Senate.)
Flowers for Mrs. Nixon presented by Debbie Jones
and Susan Kyle.
Band: Akron University ROTC
Ken Munroe Dixieland Band
Program:
Master of Ceremonies is Edward Garrigan
Color Guard of Boy Scouts
Vice President introduced by Congressman
12:15 to
12:45 PM
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
Newsreels for television. WAKR radio live.
WCUE and WHOL will tape the speech and replay
in the evening.
Greets platform guests
12:50 PM
Depart Akron by auto enroute to Canton, Ohio
(23 mi. - 1:05)
1:00 PM
Possible Stop-by at East Gate Shopping Center
(2000) (10 minutes)
Ellet High School Band (possible)
1:10 PM
Depart East Gate Shopping Center
Box lunch in car
1:55 PM
ARRIVE CANTON, OHIO, MEMORIAL HALL
AM: Tom Pownall
Bill Bumpus
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12:50 PM
Depart Akron by auto enroute to Canton,
Ohio
(23 mi. -1:05)
1:55 PM
ARRIVE CANTON, OHIO, MEMORIAL HALL
AM: Tom Pownall
Bill Bumpus
Population of Canton is 120,000
Congressman for Canton is Frank T. Bow (16th District)
Carl Wise, County Chairman, and former Mayor, is
in charge of arrangements
Motorcade Chairman is Robert Krier
Platform Committee:
Ray Bliss, State Chairman
Congressman and Mrs. Frank Bow
Donald Steiner, Candidate for State Senate
Donald Ramsayer, Candidate for State Senate
John Laymann, Candidate for State Representative
Jim (not James) Throp, Candidate for state
Representative
Loren Sours, County Chairman, Nixon Volunteers
Margaret Schumacher, Co-Chairman, Nixon Volunteers
Band: American Legion Band, R. Donald Stump, Director
Program:
Master of Ceremonies is Carl Wise
Invocation by Dr. John Barker, Presbyterian Church
Vice President introduced by Congressman Frank Bow
2:00 to
2:30 PM
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
Newsreels for television, WCM VV and WHBC tape-radio
Greets platform guests following address
2:40 PM
Depart Canton Memorial Hall for Akron-Canton Airport
(11 mi. - :20)
3:00 PM
Arrive Akron-Canton airport
3:15 PM EDT
Depart Akron-Canton airport enroute to Mansfield, Ohio
(55 mi. - :40)
2:50 PM EST
Arrive Mansfield Municiapl Airport
AM: Tom Pownall
Bill Bumpus
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3:15 PM EDT
Depart Akron-Canton Airport enroute to
Mansfield, Ohio
(55 mi. - :40)
2:55 PM EST
Arrive Mansfield Municipal Airport
AM: Tom Pownall
Bill Bumpus
Population of Mansfield is 50, 000
Candidate for Congress is John M. Ashbrook
(17th District)
J. Gilbert Baird is in charge of arrangement S
Motorcade Chairman is Robert Moorhead
Reception Committee:
James C. Will, County Chairman
Mayor and Mrs. Robert Lemly (Democrat)
Mrs. L. A. Douglass, County Chairman, Women's
Republican Club
Mr. and Mrs. John M. Ashbrook, Candidate for
Congress (17th District)
Walter Penry, County Chairman
Faye Mowrey, County Chairman
Tenneyson Guyer, County Chairman
Flowers for Mrs. Nixon presented by Mrs. L. A. Douglass
3:15 PM
Depart Airport enroute to Arlin Field
(4-1/2 mi. - -:10)
3:25 PM
ARRIVE ARLIN FIELD
Bands: Mansfield High School - Percy Hall, Director
Madison High School - Mr. Brown, Dir.
Belleville High School - W. George Young, Dir.
Lexington High School - Herbert Hatch, Dir.
Bad weather alternative: Madison Theater
Flowers - 2 girls will present flowers to Mrs. Nixon
Platform Committee:
John M. Ashbrook, Candidate for Congress
(17th District)
James C. Will, County Chairman
Mrs. L. A. Douglass, County Chairman, Women's
Republican Club
J. Gilbert Baird, Chairman, Arrangements Comm.
Ray Bliss, State Chairman
Mr. Rhodes, Candidate for State Auditor
Master of Ceremonies is J. Gilbert Baird
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Saturday, October 1 (continued)
Vice President introduced by John M. Ashbrook,
Candidate for Congress (17th District)
3:30 to
4:00 PM
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
Greets platform guests following address
4:10 PM
Depart Arlin Field enroute to Mansfield Airport
4:20 PM
Arrive airport
4:30 PM EST
Depart Mansfield enroute to Evansville, Indiana
(360 mi. - 2:30)
6:00 PM CST
Arrive Evansville, Dress Memorial Field
AM: John Warner
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4:30 PM EST
Depart Mansfield enroute to Evansville,
Indiana
(360 mi. - 2:30)
6:00 PM CST
Arrive Evansville, Dress Memorial Field
AM: Jchn Warner
Population of Evansville is 135,000
U.S. Senator is Homer Capehart
Candidate for Congress is Alvan V. Burch (8th District)
Governor is Harold VV. Handley
Candidate for Governor is Crawford Parker
Edward A. Mitchell is in charge of arrangements
Flowers for Mrs. Nixon presented by Miss Jean Mitchell
Motorcade Chairman is Bob Thornburgh
Reception Committee:
Edward A. Mitchell, Chairman
Lin Amos, Treasurer, Republican Central Committee
for Vanderburgh County
Kelly Cato, Secretary, Vanderburgh County
Bettye Lou Jerrel, Vice Chairman, Vanderburgh Courty
Governor Harold Handley of Indiana
Crawford Parker, Candidate for Governor (Indiana)
Senator Homer Capehart of Indiana
A. V. Burch, Candidate for Congress
Mayor Frank McDonald
Senator John Sherman Cooper of Kentucky
6:20 PM
Depart airport enroute to Robert's Municipal Stadium
6:35 PM
ARRIVE ROBERTS MUNICIPAL STADIUM
Platform Committee: To consist of candidates for
Senate, Congress and Governors from Illinois, Indiana
and Kentucky who are in attendance.
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Saturday, October 1 (continued)
Program:
Master of Ceremonies is Ed Mitchell
Invocation by Rev. Charles Zopp, Presbyterian Church
The Vice President introduced by Crawford Parker,
Candidate for Governor (Indiana)
6:45 to
7:15 PM
ADDRESS BY THE VICE PRESIDENT
Greets platform guests following address
7:35 PM
Depart stadium for airport
7:50 PM
Arrive airport
8:00 PM CST
Depart Evansville enroute to Washington, D.C.
1:00 PM EDT
Arrive Washington National Airport
(522 mi. - 3:00)
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